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I have supported my daughter (approx. £400/month) and wish to continue but there is now a change in circumstances, I do not want to pay my former wife when my daughter no longer lives at home and my former wife will shortly live at her boyfriends house.
I am unsure where I stand as the CSA calculation seems to assume the child is living with the parent, is there a CSA calculation method that accounts for the child not living with either parent ?
There are college fees and expenses which will total ~£3500, is there any reason why I couldn’t pay these expenses direct to the Army/my daughter and not pay anything to my former wife ?
Any guidance welcome
Thanks
Hi and welcome.
How does your daughter feel about this? There is nothing to stop her now deciding to live with you (I presume goes home at holidays etc) and if that's the case, then you would no longer be liable to your ex for maintenance (in fact, she would be liable to pay you) and you could claim child benefit etc.
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